Another successful field shoot, but then again, when it is at the Blaschke Deer Ranch with hundreds of exotic deer roaming the woods, and archers bounding hill & dale having a good time, how can it not be successful. When all was said and done, 61 archers participated in the 27th annual state field championship and the eighth time it has been held at the deer ranch. 37 records were broken and the 61 archers is a near record turnout being surpassed only by 62 in 2004 and 63 in 2008. 2010 should be a record breaker as the field event may move into late April. Be there to make it happen.

Adding to the success was a first, actually two firsts. The first first was the Victoria JOAD club (head chef Tom Barker) having a concession stand featuring freshly grilled hamburgers and hot dogs along with assorted drinks, chips and the like. This was highly received and met with everyone’s approval and hope it will become a mainstay.

The second first was a great idea: Mr. Cliff Brister brought popsicles each day in a Styrofoam container chilled with dry ice. Warnings were given to wait a few minutes before “enjoying” as they were VERY cold; even then, someone took a big lick and got stuck. A close-by group of archers “donated” their water bottle to pour over the frozen treat and the lips of the stuck person. It was hilarious; then minutes later, thinking enough time had elapsed, I got one of the frozen treats stuck to my lower lip; and yes, there is a photo of that on the photo gallery. John Blaschke drove Mr. Brister and the frozen treats around the course and people enjoyed the cool treat while battling the high heat. Without keeping accurate records over the years, it was thought this was the hottest it has been at the field event in Eagle Lake but our archers are real troopers and no one succumbed due to the heat. John made sure there were ample barrels of water and gator-ade throughout the course.

I can’t thank enough, the people that made this possible, especially those who came to the work parties and gave many hours, even days of their time. The True family of Andy, Lanette, Claude, Jessica and Andrew spent three Saturdays helping whip the place into shape and also the Friday before. Our President, Mike Hojnacki spent an equal number of days as well. Co-director John Blaschke works behind the scenes with mowing and numerous other unglamorous chores. Without the support of these types of people, we cannot have such successful events. And to those archers & family who hang around after Sundays events to help take down the course. Days and weeks go into preparing the course and dismantling it takes a few hours. It is an amazing event!   RWS

If there are any errors, edits or changes needed in the results table, contact Ricks@texasarchery.org

2009 TSAA STATE FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP
	Round		SAT	Round		SUN
	1st	2nd	total	3rd	4th	total	TOTAL
	* New record				(previous records)
Master 50+ Barebow Gentlemen					59	98	186
Virgil Knowlton	65	67*	132	55	64	119*	251*
Master 50+ Compound Gentlemen					185	368	720
Richard Locke	175	166	341	169	170	339	680
Stan Rodgers	162	157	319	173	158	331	650
Joe Human	146	158	304	161	165	326	630
Shelby Fischer	152	152	304	134	130	264	568
Larry Anika	135	123	258	0	0	0	dnf
Adult Compound Ladies					155	298	580
Jennifer Holmes	155	159	314*	147	161*	308	622*
Lanette True	141	138	279	151	146	297	576
Megan Lesak (guest)	146	147	293	160	146	306	599
Adult Compound Gentlemen					196	389	766
Adam Guggisberg	191	199*	390*	191	192	383	773*
Cope Bailey	176	178	354	184	182	366	720
John Scroggins	184	184	368	160	181	341	709
Andy True	174	163	337	170	162	332	669
Kelly Kennedy	170	90	260	0	0	0	dnf
Giovanni Pascascio	118	132	250	0	0	0	dnf
Matt Allen	112	85	197	0	0	0	dnf
Mark Lesak (guest)	153	161	314	164	155	319	633
Shelby Hensel (guest)	115	120	235	158	137	295	530
Shawn Gaskamp (guest)	97	120	217	84	98	182	399
Kenneth Webb (guest)	106	115	221	0	0	0	dnf
Adult Recurve Gentlemen					155	302	604
Staten Holmes	172	175*	347*	171	161	332	679*
Max Sera	154	168	322	158	165	323	645
Mike Hojnacki	155	139	294	148	137	285	579
Ed Ringel	126	134	260	139	125	264	524
Kevin Barker (Sat only)	112	117	229	0	0	0	229
Adult Barebow Ladies					118	227	400
Charlene Trafford	83	96	179	121*	108	229*	408*
Adult Barebow Gentlemen					150	299	584
Skip Trafford	146	137	285	151*	135	286	571
Ed Vargas (Sun only)	0	0	0	37	49	86	86
Andrew Howard	61	84	145	0	0	0	dnf
Junior Recurve Ladies					139	269	494
Kayla DeBord	136	137	273*	134	134	268	541*
Jory Schroeder	121	105	226	103	97	200	426
Megan Knowlton	80	54	134	94	92	186	320
Junior Compound Gentlemen					170	338	673
Benjamin Human	185	187	372	189*	187	376*	748*
Travis Cavazos	182	185	367	170	174	344	711
Justin Locke	160	156	316	165	157	332	648
Cadet Recurve Ladies					130	252	468
Heather Trafford	136	138	274	155*	136	291*	565*
Rachael Trafford	137	141	278	136	145	281	559
Allison Williams	105	85	190	90	78	168	358
Cadet Recurve Gentlemen					135	258	492
Michael Xu	104	108	212	101	132	233	445
Colton Fischer	60	52	112	76	62	138	250
Cadet Compound Ladies
Tori Haynes (Sat only)	114	115	229	0	0	0	229
Cadet Compound Gentlemen					177	348	672
Nick Hoganson	176	182*	358*	170	181	351	709*
Clayton DeBord	163	161	324	163	176	339	663
Thomas Human	166	147	313	156	165	321	634
Claude Tomlinson	140	126	266	160	151	311	577
Colby Hensel (guest)	152	143	290	133	142	275	570
Chad Lesak (guest)	145	123	268	137	132	269	537
Cub Recurve Ladies					159	305	571
Christina Haynes (Sat only)	109	7	116	0	0	0	116
Cub Recurve Gentlemen					78	155	301
Andy Xu	92*	44	114	86	85	171*	285
Collin Klimitchek (Sat only)	125	134	259	0	0	0	259
Cub Compound Gentlemen					176	351	678
Trevor Rogas	189	192	381	194	197*	391*	772*
Zachery Brister	157	155	312	160	136	296	608
Cody Garrett (Sun only)	0	0	0	113	129	242	242
Zach Webb (guest)	146	127	273	0	0	0	dnf
Cub Compound Ladies					168	335	651
Jessica Tomlinson	135	142	277	115	148	263	540
Bowman Recurve Ladies					147	287	535
Miriam Trafford	161	156	317	168	180*	348*	665*
Holly Gaskamp	70	90	160	96	102	198	358
Elizabeth Hayes (Sat only)	133	110	243	0	0	0	243
Bowman Compound Ladies
Ashley Rogas	179*	165	344*	172	158	330	674*
Bowman Compound Gentlemen					169	330	645
Colton Knipling	160	151	311	169!	162	331*	642
Bowman Recurve Gentlemen					81	158	291
Hardy Trafford	115	113	228	120	122*	242*	470*

State Field Championships 2008

Notes From The Tournament Director 

Tournament Director’s Summary: Needless to say, those that did not attend this event missed out. The attendance was record setting and the weather was as good as it gets this time of year. By all those that made comments, they said it was a very good layout and challenging. We had about 26 newbies this year and by all indications, they said they would return. 

I personally would like to thank everyone that pitched in to make this event such a success. Some spent Saturdays helping out, others one day and countless others several hours of their time – all is very much appreciated BECAUSE it is YOUR tournament. An old Amish saying: “Many hands make light work!” Every year I am amazed that it takes about 100 people hours to set up this field and ONLY two hours to take it down. You have to see this to believe it. All new records were broken as FITA changed the target scoring. The “X” ring in the center of the yellow is now scored as a 6 instead of a 5-X. An ATTABOY goes to Mike DeBord for not only spending a Friday helping out but sacrificing both Saturday and Sunday to assist scoring, carrying bows and pulling archers up and downs hills for a special group of people. 

The True family spent two entire Saturdays in preparation for this event. Kudos also goes to Mike, Tom, Bruce, Greg, Rod and I hope I didn’t forget anyone. Thanks to T.J., Brandi, Denise and Lu for doing registration and miscellaneous paperwork. 

And we couldn’t do anything without Nolan Blaschke for allowing us to play at his property for the last seven years. And I couldn’t do any of this without the help of co-director John Blaschke. 

The highlight of the event was early Friday morning while setting up. I was taking care of details when I spotted movement in the underbrush. Upon closer examination, I saw a baby goat, less than 12 hours old. It was born the evening before and was curled in a tight little ball. He raised its head to look at me and I stroked its nose. That made my whole weekend. That photo will be in the gallery soon to be on the webpage with the rest of the photos. 

Gaylon Blankenship traveled 6 ½ hours from Oklahoma for the sixth time in seven years. Seven archers trekked in from Shreveport, La. Tim Mundo from England (currently working in Houston) competed with world class scores in preparation for the NAA nationals and a repeat berth on the British National Team to compete at the upcoming World Field Championship. Adam Guggisberg, Clayton DeBord, and Kayla DeBord made it seven for seven. Meagan and Mark Lesak shot one day so that makes 6 ½ years out of seven. 

The opening ceremony was unique as music to the Star Spangled Banner was superbly provided by Rachael and Heather Trafford. To those not familiar with field shooting, archers are formed into groups of 3-4 and sent to an assigned target on the course. At a predesignated time, a signal is provided to start competition. This is called a “Shotgun” start. Variations include an air horn, or car horn, or fireworks etc. 

This year, a 200-pound cannon started the event. Anyone within 100 yards could feel the earth shake and sound concussion AND set off car alarms in the parking lot. 

And as always, please send any edits, deletions or corrections to me and I will get it fixed as soon as possible. Thank you and see you again next year. Rick Stonebraker 

2008 TSAA STATE FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP	Round		SAT	Round		SUN
	1st	2nd	total	3rd	4th	total	TOTAL
Master 70+ Compound  Gentlemen
Morgan, Don	128	124	252	154*	142	295*	548*
Master 60+ Compound Gentlemen
Meyers, Tom	185*	169	354*	171	170	341	695*
Master 60+ Barebow Gentlemen
Frizzell, Mike	120	126	246	136	137*	273*	519*
Master 50+ Barebow Gentlemen
Knowlton, Virgil	59*	39	98*	48	40	88	186*
Master 50+ Compound Gentlemen
Blankenship, Gaylon	184	168	352	185*	183	368*	720*
Locke, Richard	176	156	332	177	168	345	677
Anika, Larry D.	117	101	218	131	121	252	470
Master 50+ Recurve Gentlemen
Petrosky, Greg	102	103*	205*	103	70	173	378*
Norm McCord	80	90	170	95	67	162	332
Senior Recurve Ladies
Meyers, Teresa	143	142	285	149*	138	287*	572*
Senior Compound Ladies
True, Lannette	143	139	282	155*	143	298*	580*
Senior Compound Gentlemen
Guggisberg, Adam	194	183	377	193	196*	389*	766*
Loesch, James	174	170	344	180	193	373	717
Scroggins, John	174	175	349	185	175	360	709
Human, Joseph	169	157	326	179	182	361	687
Kennedy, Kelly	163	172	335	172	180	352	687
True, Andy	153	165	318	179	177	356	674
Human, Joe	133	148	281	150	159	309	590
Hemphill, Kenneth (Guest)	170	171	341	184	177	361	702
Crutcher, Byron (Guest)	135	121	256	143	131	274	530
Senior Recurve Gentlemen
Bateman, Bubba	150	152	302*	147	155*	302	604*
Hojnacki, Mike	135	133	268	136	138	274	542
Jones, Bobby	137	114	251	129	143	272	523
Ringel, Ed	100	102	202	120	117	237	439
Senior Barebow Ladies
Trafford, LiPing	109	118*	227*	80	93	173	400*
Senior Barebow Gentlemen
Trafford, Skip	150*	149	299*	148	137	285	584*
Mundon, Tim (Guest)	171	169	340	148	155	303	643
Note: The scores shot by LiPing Trafford, Skip Trafford and Tim Mundon on Saturday denote an official unmarked round according to FITA rules.
AR Compound Open Gentlemen
Patrick, Michael	150	143	293	150	155*	305*	598*
Junior Recurve Ladies
DeBord, Kayla	112	113	225	139*	130	269*	494*
Schroeder, Jory	106	106	212	114	130	244	456
Junior Compound Gentlemen
Human, Benjamin	169	169	338*	165	170*	335	673*
Locke, Justin	165	149	314	164	158	322	636
Brown, Bryce	115	126	241	111	108	219	460
Junior Recurve Gentlemen
Sera, Max	139	146*	285	146	141	287*	572*
Cadet Recurve Ladies
Trafford, Rachael	120	96	216	122	130*	252*	468*
Knowlton, Megan	89	74	163	88	83	171	334
Cadet Recurve Gentlemen
Xu, Michael	135*	123	258*	118	116	234	492*
Cadet Compound Gentlemen
DeBord, Clayton	162	162	324	173	175	348*	672*
Hoganson, Nick	154	149	303	177*	163	340	643
Tomlinson, Claude	132	124	256	160	144	304	560
Cub Recurve Ladies
Trafford, Heather	128	136	264	146	145	291	571*
Williams, Allison	122	116	238	146	159*	305*	543
McCary, Kelly	75	76	151	77	63	140	291
Cub Recurve Gentlemen
Xu, Andy	77	78*	155*	76	70	146	301*
Cub Compound Gentlemen
Human, Thomas	166	161	327	175	176*	351*	678*
Sizemore, Taylor	173	163	336	171	151	322	658
Barthels, Hunter	144	133	277	153	149	302	579
Dentler, Thomas	129	128	257	129	134	263	520
Crutcher, Dylan (Guest)	134	131	265	150	151	301	566
Bowman Compound Ladies
Tomlinson, Jessica	161	155	316	167	168*	335*	651*
Bowman Recurve Ladies
Trafford, Miriam	118	130	248	140	147*	287*	535*
Barthels, Heather	94	74	168	58	101	159	327
Gaskamp, Holly	50	35	85	59	77	136	221
McCauley, Rhiana	41	22	63	23	39	62	125
Bowman Compound Gentlemen
Brister, Zachary	160	155	315	161	169*	330*	645*
Bowman Recurve Gentlemen
Trafford, Hardy	67	66	133	77	81*	158*	291*
Single Day Participants
Master 60+ Recurve Gentlemen
Rod Ambrose (Saturday)	57
Senior Recurve Ladies
Budge, Tegan (Saturday)	109
Lawton, Holly (Saturday)	112
Senior Compound Gentlemen
Garner, Dale (Saturday)	174
Lesak, Mark (Sunday)	318
Vasek, Dwayne (Sunday)	298
Junior Compound Ladies
Lesak, Meagan (Sunday)	290

TSAA 2007 State Field Championship

Despite being bit on Friday by a red wasp that dropped into my shirt, getting poison oak/ivy on my arms/legs, accidentally standing too long on an ant mound, minor sun burn, some wind burn and a few mosquito bites, the 25th annual TSAA State Field Championship went off with only a minor glitch or two. And all the above happened to me! The temperature was held in check by a wind that played havoc on the archers but this hardy bunch of TSAA folks managed to shoot and have fun. You never know what is going to happen at the State Field when it is staged at the Blaschke Deer Farm. After many, many hours of preparation setting up the field, three days before the event, a torrential downpour dropped 6-8 inches of water in the area and the course had to be changed at the last minute. Fortunately this only involved 6 or 7 targets. There was a good-side bad-side to this rain. The bad side was it blocked the only two roads/trails from target 24 that leads back to the staging area. The good side was the shuttle ride took the archers through the high fence area where John and Victor supplied the kids with corn to through alongside the road. This brought some of the exotic deer as close as 20 feet for some spectacular photos of Axis, Fallow, Sika, Elk, Elan and others. Tom Barker provided a trailer with custom 2×6 benches that made the shuttle runs a classy operation. Photos to follow on the Barker Bodacious Bench Bus.

Many thanks go to proprietor Nolan Blaschke for hosting us the last six years and to my co-director John. Thanks goes to the volunteers and helpers who come out on the work days to help set stuff up. These work days are not all work so make it a point to come out next year and have some fun mixed in. Adam Guggisberg, Kelly Kennedy, Mike Hojnacki, Ron Harder, Tom Barker, made up the work crew and of course John spends as many countless days out there as I do. Greg gets the gold star this year as he spent three whole days working. I even coerced a co-worker, Jerry Steward, to help me a full day as he will ride his motorcycle anywhere on a nice day. He was amazed as what is involved in a field shoot.

The family prize and the longest distance traveled goes to the Trafford family. Don Morgan survived quite well at 69 yrs 8 months. The youngsters were Heather Barthels at 9 years and little Hardy Trafford at 7 years and Miriam Trafford at 8. So, this event is for the young and young at heart. Join us next year.

Rick Stonebraker, TSAA President

and from co-organizer and squire of the land upon which this event is staged:

For All,

Many thanks to all the smiling faces that made it out again this year. I am very thankful for all of the new people that I had an opportunity to make friends with and the reuniting of all my old friends. I have a hypothesis that I’m promoting to a theory, there is no such thing as a bad archer; every year this is proven true because you all are such wonderful individuals. I am anxiously looking forward to next year. I would like to extend a personal invitation to everyone to please come back again, and I would hope to see some more new people and hopefully a few more returning for those unfortunate enough who could not return this year.

Unfortunately for the reality in life, for everything good, there is also the bad. In Field Archery we have the winners and we have losers. I think it is safe to say that everybody that attended can call themselves a winner. For the deer that didn’t have a trailer driving by every 15 minutes and those throwing out bushels of corn, those poor fellas (deer) are definitely losers today. In spite of that, don’t you know they were feeling happy last night with a belly full of corn?

Thanks everybody!

John Blaschke

PS from Rick:  

Congrats to Adam for blistering the course with a magnificent 701 out of 720, despite the inconsistent winds! 

TSAA State Field Championship
28 new records	May 5-6, 2007
* Denotes new record	48 archers total	Saturday		Total	Sunday		Total	Final
Master 70+ Compound Male	Morgan, Don	119	107	226	113	*137	*250	*476
Master 60+ Compound Male	Johnson, Jerry (Guest)	103	114	217	112	118	230	447
Master 50+ Compound Male	Blankenship, Gaylon	155	169	324	166	*173	*339	663
	Barker, Tom	131	158	289	146	147	293	582
	Anika, Larry D.	103	127	230	112	121	233	463
	Ripkoski, Alan	145	151	296	0	0	0	dnf
Master 50+ Bare Bow Male	James, Randy			101				dnf
Master 50+ Recurve Male	Petrosky, Gregory	77	133	210	104	112	216	426
Senior Bare Bow Female	Trafford, Charlene	28	51	79	65	64	129	208
Senion Bare Bow Male	Trafford, Skip	115	122	237	135	136	271	508
	Vargas, Edward	51	76	127	68	109	177	304
Senior Compound Female	True, Lannette	135	108	263	144	132	276	539
Senior Recurve Female	Holmes, Jennifer	121	124	245	114	135	249	494
Senior Recurve Male	Holmes, Staten	161	160	321	158	165	323	644
	Hojnacki, Michael	125	148	273	141	154	295	568
	Brown, Gary	50	62	112	49	61	110	222
Senior Compound Male	Guggisberg, Adam	174	177	351	173	177	350	*701
	Kennedy, Kelly	163	162	325	161	166	327	652
	Scroggins, John	148	165	313	157	158	315	628
	Dyer, Mark	152	159	311	150	163	313	624
	Lesak, Mark	150	156	306	144	158	302	608
	Garner, Dale	149	148	297	142	159	301	598
	Locke, Richard	146	144	290	150	156	306	596
	Human, Joe	126	143	269	146	149	295	564
	True, Andy	129	134	263	142	143	285	546
Junior Compound Female	Heinsohn, Holly	143	149	292	138	*159	297	589
	Lesak, Meagan	126	136	262	129	141	270	532
Junior Compound Male	Human, Joseph	154	166	320	161	*173	*334	*654
Junior Recurve Female	DeBord, Kayla	114	127	241	128	*139	*267	*508
	Petrosky, Simone	92	72	164	50	49	99	263
Cadet Compound Female	McMinn, Coral	143	148	291	154	158	312	603
Cadet Compound Male	Human, Benjamin	174	176	*350	170	*179	349	*699
	Locke, Justin	143	165	308	158	170	328	636
Cadet Recurve Female	Schroeder, Jory	124	117	241	122	116	238	479
Cadet Recurve Male	Janota, Tyler	102	116	218	*127	122	*259	*477
Cub Compound Male	DeBord, Clayton	155	146	301	133	164	317	618
	Lesak, Chad	133	126	259	140	136	276	535
	Tomlinson, Claude	133	133	266	144	133	277	543
Cub Recurve Female	Trafford, Rachael	106	115	221	108	112	220	441
	Trafford, Heather	84	88	172	91	100	191	263
Bowman Bare Bow Female	Trafford, Miriam	81	94	175	84	*102	*186	*351
Bowman Bare Bow Male	Trafford, Hardy	58	60	118	*74	65	*139	*257
Bowman Compound Female	Tomlinson, Jessica	121	143	264	129	146	275	539
Bowman Compound Male	Barthels, Hunter	158	142	300	*166	159	*325	*625
	Brister, Zachary	134	129	263	150	162	312	575
Bowman Recurve Female	Barthels, Heather	24	19	43	41	45	86	129
Bowman Recurve Male	Vargas, Nicholas	44	40	84	40	36	76	160

2006 TSAA STATE FIELD RESULTS

May 13-14, 2006
As always, a special thanks to Nolan Blaschke for allowing all of us to have fun on his exotic deer ranch. Many thanks to my co-TD John Blaschke for all his tireless efforts in making this a success. A special thanks to all those who came out and lent a hand in setting up the field – some came out more than once. Thanks goes to: Tom Barker, Greg Petrosky, Ron Harder, Steve Jurek, Mike Holman, Victor Legler, Ken and Lou Eilers, Norm McCord, Dale Garner, Deidra Dufault, and to Janet Lesak and Kathy Adams for doing the administrative work on the day of the event. If I forgot anyone, send me a note and jog my memory as any omissions were unintentional.

Thanks to the Colorado County JOAD club for creating T-shirts for the event. This was a first ever and there are several shirts still available. They are really cool as they display the archery course on the back of the shirt to insure that no one could possible get lost on the course. Contact Janet Lesak.  

Shirt Graphics: 

Front:

Back:

The weather cooperated and it was dry. It was also hot and it was windy, very windy. One of the very few field shoots that has wind affecting the scores. We will make an extra special effort to move this event away from Mothers Day next year. We normally have the state field two weeks following the Texas Shootout to allow for field set-up but if we have to go back-to-back weekends, then we will do so to allow the moms to have that day for themselves and give “permission” to the dads to come play archery.

When some of the kids send in their special stories from this years state field, we will add them to the report. In the meantime, I will add my funny moment.

Target #5 is an uphill 20 meter shot. I aimed at the upper left face. I set the site CORRECTLY but still managed to shoot the arrow OVER the target. Dale Garner said he could see it climb for as long as his eyes could see it. We briefly looked for it after scoring but another group was behind us. Later Saturday afternoon, due to the kindness of Richard Locke, Lynnette and Andy True, we went back to #5. Richard stood adjacent to the target, Andy was adjacent and part way down the hill and Annette hid behind target #6 down in the mud flats. I used an older ACE arrow with a hidden crack in it that I considered expendable. When I shot over the target, Richard dropped his raised hand to signal to Andy who did the same for Lynette and all three got a good bead on the flight of the arrow. Not only did it clear the near tree tops but went clean over a couple more tall trees on the far hill almost 150 yards away. There are many hollows out there and we combed them for over half an hour. Finally Andy gave a shout and we climbed up-and-down many hills and found the expensive X-10 shaft sticking in the side of the hill almost 375 yards away. We never bothered to look for the ACE arrow – maybe another day. Thanks to the three hardy archers who helped me find my “briefly” lost X-10.

As always, if anyone finds an error in the results, please let me know and I will fix it as soon as possible but I “tried” to interpret the hieroglyphic score cards as best I could.

Rick Stonebraker


From the peanut gallery:

Clayton shot at a gopher at (about target 17, neither of us can remember exactly where, I’m sure Tom can tell you exactly where.) He missed. However, Colby Hensel, shot and killed the gopher on Sunday, there is a (cross) tombstone at the site. Clayton shot and killed a gopher on Target 2 or there about on Sunday. We really enjoyed the course this year. Very enjoyable. A good way to enjoy Mother’s Day weekend with my kids!!!!

DeBord

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I enjoyed the 2006 State Field Championship, especially getting to meet some really nice people. Getting to shoot with great archers like Debbie Krienke and Staten Holmes was a special treat. On Sunday towards the end of the day our foursome noticed something unusual. It looked like a prankster had placed a 3D target next to our target. But, since we were at Blaschke’s Exotic Deer Ranch we knew that there was another possibility. Sure enough, when Jordan Brown’s first arrow hit the 5 ring, the 3D target …er, the deer took off! 

Note: The photo in the photo gallery shows an exotic deer standing right beside the target when the shot was taken.
Norman McCord

 

T.S.A.A. STATE FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP 2006
* denotes new records (16).			Sat			Sun	Total
Master 60+ Compound Male
Don Morgan	117	116	233	124	121	245	478
Master 50+ Compound Male
Larry Anika	123	116	239	133	127	260	499
Master Guest Compound Male
Chon Gonzales	159	161	320	160	148	308	628
Mike Reynolds	156	151	307	–	–	–	DNF
Master 50+ Recurve Ladies
Liz Adams	68*	62	130	67	65	132*	262*
Senior Recurve Male
Staten Holmes	164	161	325*	164	158	322	647*
Greg Petrosky	103	130	233	144	131	275	508
Norman McCord	104	114	218	82	94	176	394
Rick Stonebraker	139	141	280	–	–	–	dnf
Senior Compound Ladies
Lannette True	119	126	245	110	124	234	479
Senior Recurve Ladies
Debbie Krienke	125	143	264	127	137	268	532
Sage Adams	78	116	193	109	99	208	401
Senior Compound Male
Adam Guggisberg	171	172	343	168	171	339	682
Jeff Krienke	161	167	328	173	173	346	674
Michael Gonzales	165	164	329	170	171	341	670
Ron Harder	166	163	329	148	166	314	643
Richard Locke	160	163	323	147	162	309	632
Mark Lesak	161	156	317	154	141	295	612
Dale Garner	144	153	297	153	158	311	608
Andy True	158	156	314	139	153	292	606
Joe Human	134	142	276	156	145	301	577
Kelly Kennedy	*	*	*	165	151	316	316
Junior Compound Ladies
Holly Heinsohn	144	141	285	143	143	286	571
Junior Compound Male
Joseph Human	163	154	317	164*	161	325*	642*
Junior Recurve Ladies
Lyndsey Marzec	113	120	223	115	130	245	478
Junior Recurve Male
Jordan Brown	–	–	–	122	113	225	235
Cadet Compound Ladies
Meagan Lesak	129	155	284	157	159*	316	600
Cadet Compound Male
Benjamin Human	172*	171	343*	168	169	337	680*
Justin Locke	155	149	304	149	147	296	600
Shelby Hensel	135	132	267	123	156	279	546
Bryce Brown	121	131	252	147	120	267	519
Cadet Recurve Ladies
Kayla DeBord	98	116	214	127	115	242	456
Jory Schroeder	110	124	234	100	114	220	454
Alicia Jurek	77	55	132	81	75	156	288
Cub Compound Male
Clayton DeBord	154	158	312	151	164	315	627
Claude Tomlinson	97	111	208	106	125	231	439
Cub Recurve Male
Alex Jones	121	111	232	119	126	244	476*
Cub Recurve Ladies
Diana Jurek	56	37	93	47	61	108	201
Bowman Compound Male
Chad Lesak	151	156	307	160*	152	312*	619*
Thomas Human	127	143	270	140	151	291	561
Colby Hensel	140	134	274	123	145	268	542
Bowman Recurve Male
Patrick Phelps	79	94	173	67	69	126	299
Bowman Compound Ladies
Jessica Tomlinson	116	110	226	104	104	208	434

2005 TSAA State Field Championship
Eagle Lake, Texas

The state field was held on the Blaschke exotic deer ranch for the fourth consecutive year with 45 participants and was enjoyed by all, especially the youth. The weather was absolutely beautiful and windy as usual. John Blaschke and I were privileged once again to host this event to the enjoyment of everyone and we had a blast putting it together and tired bones to prove it. A record number of snakes (about a dozen) were observed. Two water moccasins were claimed by very accurate archers. Yours truly chased a chicken snake up a bush and you can see that photo in the gallery. Alligators were spotted before and during the tournament and one was active in a water hole that archers actually shot over, thank goodness no one lost an arrow in there.

A personal thanks to those who came out before, during and after the tournament to help make the event a success. All of your help was much appreciated as it is a big undertaking and could possibly be the only field event in the country or world where the whole course has to be set up and taken back down again. This is due to the hundreds of exotic deer that inhabit the range. Deer enjoy rubbing their antlers on the archery stands and knocking them over. Over the course of two weeks prior to the event, seven stands had to be re-set and four completely rebuilt. One stand was knocked completely off the hill landing on the top of a thorn tree. But the effort is worth it as long as everyone has fun.

A special thanks to Tom Barker for recruiting and bringing about 20 archers from the Victoria area. As a JOAD coach, the most common feedback he received from his archers when asked how they were shooting was, “I don’t know, but I sure am having fun.” For the South Texas Archery contingent, this was a two-day party that was occasionally interrupted by shooting arrows. Tom adds his personal thanks for all the adults that took some time to help a kid with their form or who patiently helped them pull arrows or work their score sheet.

See ya’ll again next year. Rick Stonebraker
John and Rick

John Blashke adds:
A special thanks to everybody for attending and supporting this event. I look forward to state field all year long. Yes it is true, there is an amazing amount of work and effort that goes into setting up this tournament, My hats off to all my friends who were stomping around in the bull nettles and burning grass and poison ivy who toughed it out with me to make the tournament a success. A very-very special thanks to all of those who were in attendance, the smiles and enjoyment I saw from all the tired and wore out souls from slipping and sliding up and down all those hills, the braving of snake and alligator infested waters, brings tears to my eyes that the alligators didn’t snatch up an archer. Several arrows were lost but we never lost an archer. Thanks everybody for coming out, it made every minute worth while.
John Blaschke

NOTE: Due to the challenging nature of the Blaschke Deer Farm course, Rick has
included a # to show course records for the Seniors and Masters only. All
the Junior/Cadet/Cub/Bowman state records have been broken on the Deer Farm
course as of 2002. Several Senior and Master records were set on flat field
courses that probably will not get broken at the deer ranch but we would
like to recognize those archers who shot exceptionally well. See also the
state field records. Rick Stonebraker 

2005 TSAA State Field Championship April 9-10 Eagle Lake, Texas
* Indicates a new record, # indicates course record
	round 1	round 2	Day 1	round 3	round 4	Day 2	Total
Master 60+ Compound Male Guest
Don Morgan	117	136	253	119	130	249	502
Master 50+ Compound Male
Gaylon Blankenship	161	165	326	170	167	337*	663*
Larry Anika	124	101	225	113	121	234	459
Jerry Ranker	?	?	313	0	0	0	313
Senior Compound Male Guest
Michael Beck	150	165	315	164	169	333	648
Richard Locke	120	137	257	138	144	282	539
Billy Wickliffe	94	104	198	106	94	200	39
Senior Recurve Male
Staten Holmes	153	163	316	156	159	315	631
Wyatt Misenheimer	119	123	242	125	119	244	486
Greg Petrosky	110	112	222	115	118	233	455
Michael Hersey	95	93	188	87	89	176	364
Senior Recurve Female
Cindy Menn	95	90	185	95	104	199	384
Senior Compound Female
Melissa Ceballos	147	141	288	136	151	287	575
Senior Compound Male
Adam Guggisberg	174	173	347	177	172	349	696#
Shelby Fischer	137	149	286	140	153	293	579
Tom Barker	135	135	270	146	135	281	551
Mark Lesak	109	111	220	140	125	265	485
Joe Human	121	113	234	135	116	251	485
Junior Recurve Male
Jake Misenheimer	114	126	240	133	147	280	520
Junior Compound Female
Holly Heinsohn	148	137	285	140	147	287	572
Junior Compound Male
Aaron Faldyn	109	132	241	107	133*	240	481
Cadet Recurve Female
Lyndsey Marzec	112	108	220	129	125	254*	474
Simone Petrosky	74	81	155	93	102	195	350
Alicia Jurek	92	82	174	84	83	167	341
Cadet Compound Female
Meagan Lesak	132	134	266	119	141	260	526
Cadet Compound Male
Kenny Holcomb	151	166*	317	151	159	310	627*
Shelby Hensel	155	149	304	157	156	313	617
Bryce Wickliffe	153	152	305	147	155	302	607
Joseph Human	136	145	281	?	?	294	575
Clayton Fischer	137	151	288	130	139	269	557
Cub Recurve Female
Kayla DeBord	145	147	292	151	157*	308*	600*
Jory Schroeder	124	128	252	131	129	260	512
Cub Recurve Male
Tyler Janota	0	0	0	132	122	254	254
Cub Compound Male
Benjamin Human	170	158	328	173	158	331	659
Justin Locke	153	142	295	159	152	311	616
Carson Wickliffe	151	112	263	138	139	277	540
Cub Compound Female
Danielle Rachunek	145	157*	302	147	143	290	592
Bowman Recurve Male
Alex Jones	146	147	293	130	143	273	566
Colton Fischer	127	107	234	132	126	258	492
Bowman Compound Male
Clayton DeBord	138	151	289	150	140	290	579
Thomas Human	139	120	259	139	118	257	516
Colby Hensel	116	119	235	120	134	254	489
Chad Lesak	117	120	237	129	106	235	472
Brandon Rachunek	125	111	236	120	112	232	468
Bowman Compound Female
Coral McMinn	172	174*	346*	158	155	313	659